REQUIREMENTS AND METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATION OF THE WAYSIDE COMMUNICATION LINK

THE REQUIREMENTS OF WAYSIDE COMMUNICATION LINK, AS DEVELOPED FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS OBJECTIVE, ARE REVIEWED AND THE STRUCTURE WHICH UNDERLIES THE METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATION IS SHOWN. DURING DESIGN AND ITS EVALUATION, THE GUIDE MUST BE CONSIDERED A COMPONENT WITHIN A COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEM WHICH IN TURN IS AN ELEMENT OF THE OVERALL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL TRADEOFFS ARE NECESSARY AMONG THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS: WAVEGUIDE CHARACTERISTICS, REPEATER CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCEDURES FOR COMPENSATING THE TRANSMISSION PROPERTIES, MODULATION AND CODING METHODS, TERMINAL EQUIPMENTS, WHAT IS TO BE COMMUNICATED (NUMBER OF CHANNELS, CHANNEL FORMAT, CHANNEL QUALITY AND RELIABILITY, TERMINAL ARRANGEMENTS, ETC.). THE FIRST FOUR ITEMS ARE VERY TIGHTLY INTERRELATED. THE APPENDICES PRESENT DETAILS OF THE METHODOLOGY, WHILE THE BODY OF THE REPORT DESCRIBES AND JUSTIFIES THE METHODOLOGY. /TSR & A/

• Corporate Authors:

  New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

  Physical Science Laboratory
  Las Cruces, NM  United States  88801
• Publication Date: 1969-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coding systems; Communication systems; Methodology; Pulse modulation; Specifications; Transmissions; Waves
• Uncontrolled Terms: Requirement
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding; Repeaters /communications/
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225936
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 1971 12:00AM